Machine for making cigars



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,'rnOMAs vT iionr, OF New YORK, N. yY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ole/ies.

Specification formingypait of Letters Patent No. 28,1 l5, dated May l, 1860.

To alll whom vibm/ty conc-ern: y

Be it known that I, THOMAS THORP, of-New I York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Iinprovements in Cigar-Making Machinery; and I hereby declare that the following is a full,

'-- -clearkand exact description of the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

l\Iy`irnprovements relate more especially to the machine patented by me December 6,

e 1859, the object being to cause and control an endwise motion of ythe cigar whileit is being formed, for the purpose of forcing it into the lieading-socket, which gives the pointedform to the end.

The .nature of my invention consists in cans-,i ing the belt, between the folds 'of which the cigar is rolled, to run in an oblique direction tothe axis of thc cigar for the purpose of giving the latter an endwise motion toward the headingfsocket.

The nature of my invention also consists in certain means for causing such Obliquity of .the belt, which means consist in the use of conical or tapering rollers and conical or tapering drums with their large ends in reverse directions and their axis inclined,in combination with a means of adjusting such inclination.

The nature of my invention also consists in a means for causing the belt to draw tighter,

. and consequently to exert more pressure upon the cigar immediately before the latter enters the heading-socket. v

rlhe nature of my invention alsoconsists in reversing the angle which the belt makes to the axis of the cigar, forthe purpose of making what are known in the trade as right and left hand77 cigars-that is, cigars madel ron the right and left sides of the tobacco- To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvements, I willproceed to describe its construction and arrangement by the aid of the drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the machine with upper portion of the belt and the rollers thereto removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the operation of the belt, and Fig. 3 Vis an elevation of a portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

frame I. rollers D D D D its axis, is held in a position A is the fra-inc of the machine, which may be made in any suitable form and of any suitable material. Bis the feed-table at which the operator sits. O- and C are the drums, and D D D' D are the rollers around which the beltEtraverscs.- Fis thecigar. Allthese parts are shown im my patent above referred to, as well as some other parts not necessary. to explain in connection with the present application. .The sides of the frame A are slotted, as shown at a in Fig.,3, and a sliding block, G, is fastened thereto bymeans of bolts g, as shown. These sliding blocks G carry each a swivcling-block, II, attached thereto bya pin, h, and free to turn thereon. In bearings J J in these blocks II H, I mount the drums C and C', as represented, which dru'rns can be lset to any required' angle by sliding the blocks G in the slots a, the blocks H turning upon 71, to accommodate the bearing of C and C'. The rollers D and D are mounted in a frame, I, which is attached to a cross-piece, A', in the main frame A by a bolt, i, standing in a slot in A', which allows I to be adj usted to either side of the frame at pleasure. The frame I can also be set at any required angle by turning it upon the bolt z'. rIhe drums C C and rollers D D are made slightly conical, as represented, with the larger end of Gturned toward the smaller end ofD. rIhe obj ect of this form is to take advantage of the well-known tendency of a belt to ride the highest part of a drum or pulley, and thus to cause it to run in a direction oblique to the axis of the rollers D and D. This tendency can be governed so as to cause the belt to run more or less oblique to the rollers- D by varying the angle formed by the axes of the rollers D D and drums C C by adjusting either the blocks G or The cigar F, lying between the four parallel thereto and oblique to the belt E, and consequentlyfas it rolls thereon it traverses in the direction of its axis toward the socket K in proportion to its Obliquity.

Upon the drums C and C', I make ridges or beads c and c and corresponding grooves, d d', in the rollers D and D', which draw the belt in such a manner as to cause it to press with more force upon the cigar just before it enters the socket than it Adoes uponthe socket, which prevents the wear which would otherwise be occasioned upon the belt by the socket, and

4ends ofthe rollers D are.

. v Gin the slotsa.. et, K, in the proper place, and the machine is "y only one machine isemployed it becomes highly desirable that that machine should be capable of making both right and left handed cigars.

I will now proceed to describe the means which I employ for effecting this object. I reverse the rollers D and D in the frame I and slide the latter toward the other side of the frame A, meaning the side on which the large I then reverse the drums C and C and place them at the opposite angle of the frame A by sliding the blocks I then place a left-hand sockarranged. It is not absolutely necessary, however, to reverse the drums C' and C', as I jind the saine effect will be produced by setting their axes out ofthe parallel position. To effect this the ends J of the axis of C are mounted in sliding` bearings J, held in place in thebloclr H by a screw or key, as shown in Fig. 3. 'By

adjusting these bearings I obtain aneiiect equivalent to the reversing of the drums C and Gin much less time.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and. desire to secure, by

Letters Patent, 'is- 1. Causing thebelt E to run' in' a line oblique to the axis of th'e cigar 'for the purpose of giving the latter a traversing motion toward the heading-socket K,

the purpose set forth.

2. The employment of the conical rollers and D and conical drums G and C', in combisubstantially as and for nation with the inclination of the axes of either, for the purpose of causing the belt E to retain its oblique position, substantially as herein described.

-3.- The projecting 'ridges Ac and c on the drums C' and C', in

combination with the grooves d and d' in the rollers D and D', for the purposes herein specified.

4. Reversing the angle made vby the axis of the cigar and the path of the belt E, substantially in the manner described, to enable one and the same machine to wind either right or left hand leaves at'pleasure. .I

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l/Vitnesscs:

Guo. BARKER, JOHN HooPER.

Witness my hand .this 19th day of March,

THOMAS frrronr. 

